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Nov 8 Pages 1-18- Annemarie, Krista, and Ellen are stopped and questioned by nazi soldiers. To avoid a lecture they try to lie to their parents but Krista spoils that. They then recollect on the occupation in its third year.
Nov 9 Pages 18-39- All of the stores in Copenhagen that are owned by jews are shut down. Ellen comes to live with Annemarie while her parents flee the nazi soldiers.
Nov 10 Pages 39-60- The nazi soldiers come to the Johansens and search their house for traces of the Rosens. Ellen is almost found but takes her star of David necklace off and she poses as Annemarie's dead sister. Then they visit Annemarie's uncle Henrik in the country.
Nov 11 Pages 60-74- Annemarie and Ellen look out over the sea and see Sweden on the other side. They then go back to Henrik's house where they are warned to not talk to anyone. Annmarie wakes up before Ellen and goes downstairs. Uncle Henrik comes inside from the sea with a ton of silver fish and sees that the house is cleaned. Mrs. Johanson cleaned the house all by herself. Uncle Henrik say's that their will be a casket in their house tomorrow because their Great-aunt Birte died and she will be buried in two days. Annmarie thinks that Uncle Henrik made that up because she knows all of her relatives and that's not one of the them.
Nov 14 Pages 74-113- Annemarie finds out that there is no aunt Birte. People show up to mourn "aunt Birte". Two of them are Ellen's parents. Then nazis raid the place and question the people. When they leave Peter closes the blinds and opens the casket. Inside the casket there are blankets and coats for what Annemarie realizes are jews trying to get to Sweden. Her mama takes the Rosens after the rest to Henrik's boat. When Annemarie wakes up and tries to find mama and when she does her mom says she has a broken ankle. They find a package that should have been with Mr. Rosen. Annemarie is told to go to Henrik and deliver the package through the woods. On her way she is stopped by some nazis.
Nov 15 Pages 113-133- The soldiers question Annemarie and stole the bread from her basket and reveal that the package was merely a handkerchief and let her on her way. At dinner that night Henrik tells her that the handkerchief ruins the sense of smell of the nazi dogs so they cannot sniff out the jews. Then the story jumps to 1945 when the war ends. They find out that Peter was shot dead by the nazis and that Lise was run over by a nazi car. Then Annemarie finds Ellen's old necklace and promises to wear it until Ellen returns.
Nov 16 Pages 133-137-Afterword- Afterword is about history about what is true and what is untrue. Some people later after 1940 used a handkerchief that had cocaine and rabbit's blood so when the nazi's dog smelled it the dogs nose would be numb and couldn't smell anymore. During the war a 21 year old in the army named Kim Malthe-Bruun got captured by nazi's and was executed. Annmerie was always struck in the heart thinking of that man.
NTS Settings
Setting 1- Copenhagen, Denmark- Annemarie and her family live in Copenhagen, Denmark while it was occupied by nazi soldiers sometime between 1939-1945. It is very dark and dreary because the Germans have strict trade restrictions not allowing many things they would like to have. The nazis are shipping out all of the jews to concentration camps across Europe. Because of that the jews are either in fear or are getting sent to the Danish country side to avoid capture.
Setting 2- Gilleleje, Denmark- A town on the Danish coast only a boat ride away from neutral Sweden. Uncle Henrik lives there and is a fisher. It is also a key spot for getting jews out of the country. They would get on boats and sail to Sweden where they would be safe from persecution. Mama grew up in Gilleleje with Henrik so she is coming home. Very good descriptions!
NTS Characters
Annemarie- A girl about 11 years old who lives in Copenhagen with her family in an apartment. Her best friend is a jew named Ellen. She is very smart and fast stating that she won second place in a school race. She also says she is very smart. She is also very brave but does not know it until after she unknowingly saves the lives of all the Rosens.
Kirsti- Kirsti is Annemarie's younger sister at the age of about 7 years of age. She is very much a loudmouth and there were many times when she almost got everybody killed because of that fact. On the other hand she is also very brave because she stood up to nazi soldiers in the beginning. Good description!
NTS Plot
Exposition- The nazis are occupying Denmark in 1943 and arresting jews all over the city, and the Rosens are jewish.
Initiating Incident- The nazis close down all the jewish owned shops and are arresting jews in Copenhagen.
Rising Action 1- The nazis get a list of members of a synagogue including Ellen's parents so they flee and leave Ellen with Annemarie.
Rising Action 2- Some nazi soldiers invade the house and almost catch Ellen so they believe it is safer to take the children to the village of mama's youth.
Rising Action 3- Annmerie's mom goes to take the Rosen's to the boat and is supposed to get back at 3:30 but isn't home yet. Annmerie is looking around the house and then looked outside and saw her mom moving. She went outside and her mom had a broken ankle.
Climax- Annmerie and her mom see that Mr. Rosen left the handkerchief. Annmerie had to run it to them before they leave because Mrs. Johansen has a broken ankle.
Falling Action- The Rosen's make it to Sweden safely.
Conclusion- The war ends. Check with Sam to read the comments about your plot line, Jacob!
NTS Theme
I think that one of the themes of Number The Stars is that you do not have it that bad. This is shown because the Johannsens might of thought the occupation was bad but at least they were not getting hunted down and killed by the nazis. Another one is that true friends will give anything to help you. This is shown because the Johannsens didn't have to risk their lives to save the Rosens. They could have easily gotten themselves killed in the process, but because they were such good friends they risked their lives for the Rosens. Your second theme could be proven with this story.
Jacob, try for a happy medium between a detailed summary and an extremely brief synopsis. In a synopsis, just tell the major problems that occur in a chapter. You can eliminate the small details. Mrs.S.
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NTS Synopses
Nov 8 Pages 1-18- Annemarie, Krista, and Ellen are stopped and questioned by nazi soldiers. To avoid a lecture they try to lie to their parents but Krista spoils that. They then recollect on the occupation in its third year.
Nov 9 Pages 18-39- All of the stores in Copenhagen that are owned by jews are shut down. Ellen comes to live with Annemarie while her parents flee the nazi soldiers.
Nov 10 Pages 39-60- The nazi soldiers come to the Johansens and search their house for traces of the Rosens. Ellen is almost found but takes her star of David necklace off and she poses as Annemarie's dead sister. Then they visit Annemarie's uncle Henrik in the country.
Nov 11 Pages 60-74- Annemarie and Ellen look out over the sea and see Sweden on the other side. They then go back to Henrik's house where they are warned to not talk to anyone. Annmarie wakes up before Ellen and goes downstairs. Uncle Henrik comes inside from the sea with a ton of silver fish and sees that the house is cleaned. Mrs. Johanson cleaned the house all by herself. Uncle Henrik say's that their will be a casket in their house tomorrow because their Great-aunt Birte died and she will be buried in two days. Annmarie thinks that Uncle Henrik made that up because she knows all of her relatives and that's not one of the them.
Nov 14 Pages 74-113- Annemarie finds out that there is no aunt Birte. People show up to mourn "aunt Birte". Two of them are Ellen's parents. Then nazis raid the place and question the people. When they leave Peter closes the blinds and opens the casket. Inside the casket there are blankets and coats for what Annemarie realizes are jews trying to get to Sweden. Her mama takes the Rosens after the rest to Henrik's boat. When Annemarie wakes up and tries to find mama and when she does her mom says she has a broken ankle. They find a package that should have been with Mr. Rosen. Annemarie is told to go to Henrik and deliver the package through the woods. On her way she is stopped by some nazis.
Nov 15 Pages 113-133- The soldiers question Annemarie and stole the bread from her basket and reveal that the package was merely a handkerchief and let her on her way. At dinner that night Henrik tells her that the handkerchief ruins the sense of smell of the nazi dogs so they cannot sniff out the jews. Then the story jumps to 1945 when the war ends. They find out that Peter was shot dead by the nazis and that Lise was run over by a nazi car. Then Annemarie finds Ellen's old necklace and promises to wear it until Ellen returns.
Nov 16 Pages 133-137-Afterword- Afterword is about history about what is true and what is untrue. Some people later after 1940 used a handkerchief that had cocaine and rabbit's blood so when the nazi's dog smelled it the dogs nose would be numb and couldn't smell anymore. During the war a 21 year old in the army named Kim Malthe-Bruun got captured by nazi's and was executed. Annmerie was always struck in the heart thinking of that man.
NTS Settings
Setting 1- Copenhagen, Denmark- Annemarie and her family live in Copenhagen, Denmark while it was occupied by nazi soldiers sometime between 1939-1945. It is very dark and dreary because the Germans have strict trade restrictions not allowing many things they would like to have. The nazis are shipping out all of the jews to concentration camps across Europe. Because of that the jews are either in fear or are getting sent to the Danish country side to avoid capture.
Setting 2- Gilleleje, Denmark- A town on the Danish coast only a boat ride away from neutral Sweden. Uncle Henrik lives there and is a fisher. It is also a key spot for getting jews out of the country. They would get on boats and sail to Sweden where they would be safe from persecution. Mama grew up in Gilleleje with Henrik so she is coming home. Very good descriptions!
NTS Characters
Annemarie- A girl about 11 years old who lives in Copenhagen with her family in an apartment. Her best friend is a jew named Ellen. She is very smart and fast stating that she won second place in a school race. She also says she is very smart. She is also very brave but does not know it until after she unknowingly saves the lives of all the Rosens.
Kirsti- Kirsti is Annemarie's younger sister at the age of about 7 years of age. She is very much a loudmouth and there were many times when she almost got everybody killed because of that fact. On the other hand she is also very brave because she stood up to nazi soldiers in the beginning. Good description!
NTS Plot
Exposition- The nazis are occupying Denmark in 1943 and arresting jews all over the city, and the Rosens are jewish.
Initiating Incident- The nazis close down all the jewish owned shops and are arresting jews in Copenhagen.
Rising Action 1- The nazis get a list of members of a synagogue including Ellen's parents so they flee and leave Ellen with Annemarie.
Rising Action 2- Some nazi soldiers invade the house and almost catch Ellen so they believe it is safer to take the children to the village of mama's youth.
Rising Action 3- Annmerie's mom goes to take the Rosen's to the boat and is supposed to get back at 3:30 but isn't home yet. Annmerie is looking around the house and then looked outside and saw her mom moving. She went outside and her mom had a broken ankle.
Climax- Annmerie and her mom see that Mr. Rosen left the handkerchief. Annmerie had to run it to them before they leave because Mrs. Johansen has a broken ankle.
Falling Action- The Rosen's make it to Sweden safely.
Conclusion- The war ends.
Check with Sam to read the comments about your plot line, Jacob!
NTS Theme
I think that one of the themes of Number The Stars is that you do not have it that bad. This is shown because the Johannsens might of thought the occupation was bad but at least they were not getting hunted down and killed by the nazis. Another one is that true friends will give anything to help you. This is shown because the Johannsens didn't have to risk their lives to save the Rosens. They could have easily gotten themselves killed in the process, but because they were such good friends they risked their lives for the Rosens. Your second theme could be proven with this story.
Jacob, try for a happy medium between a detailed summary and an extremely brief synopsis. In a synopsis, just tell the major problems that occur in a chapter. You can eliminate the small details. Mrs.S.